Just spent the last two days at Kingston Heath at the World Cup, could not believe before tournament that bookies served up $4.00 about Australia winning, after two days should be 100/1.After watching first two days, I have tickets for next two, I reckon the players who have most to gain by winning are the Chinese.

Going by Li Na, the woman who won Australian Tennis Open, and is now a multi millionaire ,they also will become multi millionaires back in China if they win.Companies will seek them to endorse products.

To give you an idea of the impact Li Na has in China Blackmores an a company listed on the ASX used her in China to promote their health products, she has since had a child and no longer promotes those products and their sales have plummeted.

Some observations from a couple of golfing websites on their attendance at the PGA Golf Show in Orlando FL....there was one held at the Gold Coast Convention Centre a few years ago which I liked but nothing in Qld since possibly the PGA may run them in the south but if so they don't make the news that I've seen.

Cracked the bank and purchased a 2017 M2 Driver last Thursday. Was a bit skeptical about the measurements in Drummond, but took it out on course on Saturday and smashed it. Loving the club, need to buy it's little brother - the 3 wood.

Foxtel is giving us a dedicated Golf Channel 507 leading up to The Masters.

Meanwhile on the other side of the river a lady golfer is tilting at the windmills claiming unlawful discrimination because she isn't permitter to play in the Mens' comp on Wednesdays.

My money is on the golf club.

TOP CLUB TEES OFF FIGHT

Lady golfer demands right to play every day

VANDA CARSON

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BIRDIE: The Courier-Mail’s coverage of the issue.

THE state’s premier golf club has hit back at a female member who claims she was discriminated against because of her sex and has asked that her lawsuit be “dismissed”.

In its defence filed in the Brisbane registry of the Federal Circuit Court on March 1, The Royal Queensland Golf Club has also denied a claim by a former vice-president of the Ladies Committee that her photograph had been removed from the club website because of “this proceeding”.

Barbara Barnett launched her suit on December 19, claiming the venerable club discriminated against her by banning women from the golf course on Wednesdays until 3.15pm.

Ms Barnett wants an apology from the club and permission to tee off for 18 holes seven days a week.

The club argues that “it provides fair and reasonable and equivalent access over a sevenday period to male and female full members. It is not practicable for the (club) to run male-only competitions or female-only competitions concurrently with each other or gender-neutral playing times.”

On December 23 the club told its members it had altered its weekly playing timetable for 2017, introducing 3pm tee off for women on Wednesdays and 3pm tee off on Tuesdays for men.

“The 2016 weekly playing timetable and the 2017 weekly playing timetable entitled all male and female members to a fair and reasonable proportion of the use and enjoyment of the benefit,” the club says.

Mrs Barnett has claimed the club cannot treat women members less favourably than men under the Sex Discrimination Act.

The club’s membership list is a who’s who of Brisbane’s medical, legal and old-money fraternities.

The case is set to go to mediation in a bid to settle the dispute before returning to court on May 15.

Arsenal, You might be wrong about a TV viewer alerting the authorities of that incorrect ball placing. A golf commentator on Melbourne radio said it was probably a golf official from either the men's PGA tour or the women's tour who picked it up, not some insignificant home viewer , he added that cheating in this manner was endemic on the woman's tour and about time it was eradicated.

It wasn't cheating. She took no unfair advantage. She replaced the ball about an inch to one side of the coin for godsake..

One question.

I saw the lady official explaining to her about her error. It appeared they were both walking down a fairway. If that was so she must have signed the card knowing there was a claim she made the mistake.

If that's so she's bloody stupid.

Did anyone else see the coverage of the official explain here blue? and confirm or otherwise?

It wasn't cheating. She took no unfair advantage. She replaced the ball about an inch to one side of the coin for godsake..

One question.

I saw the lady official explaining to her about her error. It appeared they were both walking down a fairway. If that was so she must have signed the card knowing there was a claim she made the mistake.

If that's so she's bloody stupid.

Did anyone else see the coverage of the official explain here blue? and confirm or otherwise?

The explanation from the official you saw JWH was the day after the "incident".

PATRICK REED is the Masters champion who has been branded golf's "most hated man".The brash 27-year-old American labelled himself Captain America for his Ryder Cup heroics and was unstoppable as he claimed his first Major.But his controversial past has been him accused of cheating and stealing, blasted for homophobic slurs and at the centre of a bitter family feud.Reed won the green jacket at Augusta but it was at university Augusta State where, within weeks of arriving, he was suspended from the golf team for "violations of team rules".Prior to that he was ousted from the University of Georgia after reportedly being arrested for underage drinking and being in possession of a fake ID, according to a book about him.In an interview with the Golf Channel, the new sporting superstar admitted he had been dismissed for "alcohol violations".

PATRICK REED is the Masters champion who has been branded golf's "most hated man".The brash 27-year-old American labelled himself Captain America for his Ryder Cup heroics and was unstoppable as he claimed his first Major.But his controversial past has been him accused of cheating and stealing, blasted for homophobic slurs and at the centre of a bitter family feud.Reed won the green jacket at Augusta but it was at university Augusta State where, within weeks of arriving, he was suspended from the golf team for "violations of team rules".Prior to that he was ousted from the University of Georgia after reportedly being arrested for underage drinking and being in possession of a fake ID, according to a book about him.In an interview with the Golf Channel, the new sporting superstar admitted he had been dismissed for "alcohol violations".

At least if we picked a Foursome Australian Golf Team,unlike the flawed Australian Cricket Team, no NSW player would be selected.J Day...QueenslandC Smith...QueenslandM Leishman..VictoriaA Scott..Queensland